Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
shriek . - noun A sound that shrieks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- noun sharp piercing cry
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Examples
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Of course, most people are more interested in shrieking out their gut reactions than they are in speaking with clarity.
Was RapeLay 'Asking For It'? SVGL 2009
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The slash came down like lightning, and met his protective aura where with a blinding flash of light and a sound like a doomed soul shrieking from the pits of Shayol Ghul.
Trial of Seven grrm 2010
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Sure, he needs to play catch-up with his new party-mates in shrieking about socialism and the destruction of the U.S.
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Anybody else hear that awful shrew Palin shrieking at the wingnut convention today.
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Population and climate change are well worth watching but the excitable shrieking is not helpful.
Tri -via Newmania 2008
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Population and climate change are well worth watching but the excitable shrieking is not helpful.
Archive 2008-01-01 Newmania 2008
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The visual to make you gasp with awe and wonder and run shrieking from the room, print to make you sit down and think.
MIND MELD: Which Medium is Driving Science Fiction...Books or Film/TV? 2008
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Population and climate change are well worth watching but the excitable shrieking is not helpful.
Archive 2007-12-30 Newmania 2007
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Breach is "a triumph in bourgeoisie beige, so like life in the District that you'll want to run, shrieking from the theater, out of pure boredom."
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Not afraid as in shrieking like a B-grade horror flick victim, but concerned enough to want to fight against those things.
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